Re: self-explanations and self-alerts

BBO expert wrote
>David Stevenson wrote:
>
>> Bob wrote
>
>>>3.  Put another way, in the online system, the partner****p in a sense
>>>has an obligation to agree on the meaning of their bids. If they do
>>>not, they are the "offending side". If they can recover, fine. But the
>>>opps should not be punished by players not knowing the meaning of all
>>>of their bids.
>>
>>    You making up another set of new rules, are you?
>>
>>    No, playing online, I do not sit down opposite a partner I do not
>> know, have never met before, may probably never meet again, and am
>> breaking the rules of the game if we do not discuss a 7C response to a
>> 5S overcall.
>
>He did say "in a sense".  Of course, it's not unique to the online game -
>we're all required to be aware of our agreements (which isn't quite the
>same thing as agreeing on the meaning of our bids).

   Online or offline, we are **not** required to be aware of agreements 
we have not got.

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